National Super League side Kisumu All Stars risk dishing a walkover to debutants SS Assad on Sunday due to lack of lack of money to meet the logistical needs.All Stars who returned to the second tier in 2020 after losing to Vihiga United in the relegation/promotion playoff are lined up to tackle the league newcomers on Sunday at the Shamu grounds.However, the team is still rooted at their base in Kisumu according to the club’s Chief Executive Officer Nicholas Ochieng who attributed their financial struggles to the national government.Kisumu All-Stars have landed a CAF instructor. Read more https://t.co/AT1s7Cz8Qh— Mozzart Sport Kenya (@MozzartSportKe) March 9, 2022 Ochieng said the club that enjoys sponsorship from the county government of Kisumu had not received their allocation owing to the delay of disbursement of funds from the national government.”We are yet to hit the road to Mombasa for our league match against Assad due to unavailability of funds. The information we have from the county is the national government has not released funds and thus the challenge. We also understand that the county staff are set to be paid, ” he said. Ex-Mathare United boss Frank Ouna reveals why he took pay cut for Rwandese jobThis is not the first time the club famously known as Otenga has threatened to give a league assignment a wide berth. In the first leg, the team saved its face from giving a walkover to Fortune Sacco after pooling resources late for the away game.Mutanda was reduced to a free agent after shockingly leaving National Super League side Kisumu All Stars in December last year and his search for a new club in January failed to yield fruits.https://t.co/M9BaA6OzAy— Mozzart Sport Kenya (@MozzartSportKe) March 28, 2022 Despite the latest hurdle, Ochieng hasn’t lost hope in sending the promotion hunting team down to the coast where they will be chasing their seventh win of the season.”The good thing is there is light at the end of the tunnel. We are hoping that we will source the required money for the trip and have the team go and fight for the three points,” he remarked.
